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06-01-2017, 11:01 PM
'Stan' was added to the Oxford English Dictionary 17 years after Eminem's hit song
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Beliebers have two things they can credit Eminem for today: Justin Bieber's current hairstyle and coining the term that helped usher in today's high organized and powerful fandom culture. Stan is **w officially (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/stan) in the Oxford English Dictionary.*
It's defined as, "An overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity." It can be used as a verb, too, as in, "I k**w Eminem is a rap god, but I really stan for Dido."
SEE ALSO: Justin Bieber searched 'MDMA used for' on YouTube and Instagrammed the results (http://mashable.com/2017/05/31/justin-bieber-instagram-spam-mdma-purpose/)
The term originated from Eminem's song, Stan, about a dangerously obsessed fan. It's since been softened and incorporated in the fandom vernacular to describe a particularly devoted fan of an artist. Members of Rihanna's Navy, the Bey Hive, Arianators, Directioners all self-identify as stans.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/01/stan-eminem-oxford-english-dictinary/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Beliebers have two things they can credit Eminem for today: Justin Bieber's current hairstyle and coining the term that helped usher in today's high organized and powerful fandom culture. Stan is **w officially (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/stan) in the Oxford English Dictionary.*
It's defined as, "An overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity." It can be used as a verb, too, as in, "I k**w Eminem is a rap god, but I really stan for Dido."
SEE ALSO: Justin Bieber searched 'MDMA used for' on YouTube and Instagrammed the results (http://mashable.com/2017/05/31/justin-bieber-instagram-spam-mdma-purpose/)
The term originated from Eminem's song, Stan, about a dangerously obsessed fan. It's since been softened and incorporated in the fandom vernacular to describe a particularly devoted fan of an artist. Members of Rihanna's Navy, the Bey Hive, Arianators, Directioners all self-identify as stans.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/01/stan-eminem-oxford-english-dictinary/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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